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The Use Mechanical Dough Mixer Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Improper lifting technique
- contact with moving parts
- 2. Assembling Mixer
- Trapping fingers
- electrical hazards
- 3. Loading Dough
- Slips
- falls from height
- 4. Mixing Process
- Noise
- dust & airborne substances
- 5. Unloading Mixer
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- slips
- fall objects
- 6. Cleaning Mixer
- Contact with cleaning chemicals
- water electricity hazards
- 7. Dismantling Mixer
- Fingers/hands trapped
- electrical hazards
- 8. Moving Mixer
- Manual handling issues
- collision with other objects
- 9. Routine Maintenance
- Cuts
- burns
- eye injury due to flying particles.
- 10. Emergency Shutdown
- Panic actions leading to accidents
- electric shock
- 11. Restart Procedure
- Unexpected machine start-up
- physical entrapment
- 12. Testing Procedure
- Loud noises
- Unexpected equipment behaviour
- 13. Quality Check of Mixed Dough
- Potential for allergens
- manual handling issues
- 14. Raw Material Storage
- Poor stacking
- manual handling issues
- 15. Waste Disposal
- Manual handling issues
- bio-hazards
- 16. End-of-shift closing Protocol
- Security risks
- accidental left-on machinery
- 17. Workplace Communication
- Miscommunication leading to accidents
- 18. Equipment Storage
- Inadequate space
- poor organisation
- 19. Safe Work System Review
- Complacency
- overlooking risks
- 20. Training and Refresher Courses
- Untrained workers
- mistakes due to lack of knowledge